2006 Speedway Grand Prix
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The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix was the 61st edition of the official World Championship and the 12th season in the Speedway Grand Prix era used to determine the Speedway World Champion.


Event format

The format remained the same as 2005 with 16 riders taking part in each Grand Prix and over the course of 20 heats each rider will race against every other rider once. The top 8 scorers advance to a semi-final and from each semi-final the 1st and 2nd placed riders will advance to the GP final. All riders apart from the qualifiers for the final carry forward the points earned in the first 20 heats over the course of the season. The riders placing in the final receive points as follows: * 1st place = 25 points * 2nd place = 20 points * 3rd place = 18 points * 4th place = 16 points


Qualification for Grand Prix

For the 2006 season, there were 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card. The top 8 riders from the 2005 championship qualified as of right. They were, in 2005 championship order: * Tony Rickardsson (retired part way through the season and replaced by Hans Andersen) * Jason Crump * Leigh Adams * Nicki Pedersen * Greg Hancock * Bjarne Pedersen * Tomasz Gollob * Andreas Jonsson They were joined by 7 riders named by the organisers of the series, who are: (in alphabetical order) * Jarosław Hampel * Niels Kristian Iversen * Antonio Lindback * Scott Nicholls * Piotr Protasiewicz * Lee Richardson * Matej Zagar


Calendar

results:
Slovenia

Europe

Sweden

Great Britain

Danmark

Italy

Scandinavia

Czech Republic

Latvia

Poland


Final standings


References


External links


List of results from Official Speedway GP site
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